I'm going thanks to Dorian Dickinson of SotaVenture, with whom I'm also working on an exciting soon-to-be-announced MomImpact project.
There will be a few other Chicago area bloggers at the show as well as a group of moms from around the country sponsored by the Hoover folks. Well, they must know I already have a vacuum I like (though honestly my vacuum of choice these days is the Navigator I got from the Shark folks I met last fall in NYC). Or maybe they know I'm also set to meet with the folks who make the Rolls Royce of vacuum cleaners later this month. And though I want to scream, "What is it with vacuum cleaner companies reaching out to moms?!" I stop short because, even though I have the world's most helpful husband, he rarely touches the vacuum cleaner.
The Housewares Show is about more than kitchen gadgets (and apparently there's a big emphasis on things like color trends--for 2011. Who knew?), but I have to say I'm excited to see the kitchen appliances and gadgets (note to self: we need a new bread machine). This I why I'm going to read this Gaper's Block piece several times over before I hit the ginourmous show floor (additional note to self: don't be distracted by shiny objects, at least not too many of them).
You can follow along on Twitter under the hashtag #housewares. A couple of brands from the show have reached out to me via Twitter, which I appreciate, but it's interesting to note that at this point, most of the #housewares chatter is coming from me and the other mombloggers. I'm not much for color trends, but I can tell you that by the 2011 Housewares Show, more brands will be tapped into the the power of social media moms.
Do you have a houseware trend prediction for me to test out at the show?
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